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“Blank Flankers”
 
The Russians will sell to anypony, won’t they? Looks like the CMC are trying to get Su-30 cutie marks.

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@Background Pony #730E  
Not quite, the SU-30 is basically an advanced build of the original SU-27. The internal design was different and more developed, including newer pieces and technology the original didn’t have. Hence why they’re of the same jet family, but are numbered differently. It’s similar to how the F-15C model of the Eagle is named differently from the F-15A model, or how the F-16C is different from the original.
 
One of the key ways you can tell the original Flanker family and those of the 30s branch is that the originals weren’t two-seaters, while these are.
 
It’s also not the SU-37; that aircraft was only made as a test bed for experimenting with thrust vectoring. As such, it only had a few built.
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@Ferrotter  
I’m impressed that you know the difference in stingers between the -27 and the -35, but where did you get the idea that the -35 is a two seater?
 
But yeah, that stinger out the back is very distinctive to Flankers. I was taught to recognize them with the phrase “Flanker has a wanker.” That’s right. You can’t unsee it now.
 
 
@Tk3997  
I didn’t put much thought into the variant. The picture I used for reference was a plain Su-30K. Maybe we can call this the Su-30CMC? No wait, Cyrilic doesn’t have a character for C. Therefore, this must be the very rare Su-30KMK
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@Tk3997  
Given that the tail “stinger” is not visible at that angle, and that Equestria would probably spring for current-build hardware, I’d wager on it being an Su-35S myself.